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Can the K-pop boyband BTS … save the world?

I wrote this essay for The Guardian on the South Korean megastar boyband BTS. Their sunny pop-optimism and ‘Army’ of fans are …

Recognizing that jury reached the right verdict – even as the criminal justice system did everything it could to exonerate the three …

I was honored to be asked by TEDxCUNY to deliver a lecture. Originally, I was supposed to give this talk last spring, …

In the wake of the storming of the Capitol, many people have begun calling to expand the War on Terror. This would …

I wrote this essay, prompted by Donald Trump’s photo-op visit to Kenosha, Wisconsin, for The Guardian. Here’s part of the essay: It …

I wrote this essay, on how the latest conspiracy theory is yet another example of how Americans are being misled by right-wing …

I wrote this essay, asking what would have happened had the El Paso been a Muslim, for The Guardian. If the El …

I wrote this comment for The Guardian. Donald Trump continues to play his cynical game of dodging responsibility, shifting blame and exploiting …

Iwrote two pieces in response to the horrific mass shooting of 50 Muslim worshipers in New Zealand by a white supremacist. In …

In this piece for The Guardian, I argue that Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric gives attacks like those in Portland legitimacy. When the president …